Early on Monday Morning, Pattaya City Hall Security Officers were on routine patrol in the Walking Street area when they spotted a foreign monk begging for money at a group of beer bars located in Soi Diamond Beach Hotel just off the main street.

They detained Mr. Yanqi Lui aged 56 from China who had entered Thailand on a single-entry Tourist Visa.

He was carrying papers to confirm he is an ordained monk, however his actions were illegal and the officers transferred him to the Immigration Office in Jomtien for further investigations and possible deportation.

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Bluddy ell, I fort monks were monks

A month ago I saw two Chinese monks begging in the tourist area of Kuala Lumpur. They ignored the locals and just approached farang.